Welt having a polygonalbead



March 23, 1954 J J wALsH m- AL 2,672,699

WELT HAVING A POLYGONAL BEAD Filed May 4, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 2.FIG. 4.

INVENTORS .JOHN J. WALSH y JOHN J. DUDENHOFEN March 1954 J. J. WALSH ETAL WELT HAVING A POLYGONAL BEAD 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 4, 1950 FIG.12.

W 5 5 L F m MWN E E V .D m m N WM H O J Y B Patented Mar. 23, 1954 TE]?.55 PA TEN @FF LGE "A POUXGDNALiBEfiD lohniliwvltalsiligstfLouis,arfdfJnhnILDudefihdfen,

0,, assignors ,of three fourths ito YClaims.

This'.invention relatesiinggeneral to certain new and usefulimprovements'in welts.

illhegprimaryrobiectroftthe presenttinvention is to provide ,ahshoetwhioh J is..attractiv,e in appearance and'simple in construction.

lti-isranother object of the-present inventionto iprovide a shoe :wh-ichis -extremely #fiexible twhen ionxlthe foot of -the 'wearer and yet-gives the -apjuaearaneetidflhavingiantextremelyithick sole.

F It i'szsanother obiect-co'f rtheipresent invention to rpmvi'de ta'liighly ifashionable eshoe which is atrtractive iin appearance 23nd.lis scomfortalile "arid iion'g wearing.

fit: israr-idtli'er-v object oftthe present inveritionito provideVa$$1ip118St6dnSh06 J having a unique form rdftwe'lt constructionMhichgiVes the appearance of substantial solethickness while at the sametirlne providing-an unusuallygreat degree of flexibi ity.

"(With theaahove.andmthermbjects in viewnour invention i'resides sinith'einovel tteatures 061 :.,form, ceonstruction, arrangement, andmcmbination @501 parts presently described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings (two sheets)- Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe upper prior to stitching;

Figure 2 is a plan view of prior to stitching;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the heel insert prior to stitching;

Figure 4 is a plan View of the prior to stitching;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the upperigrming elements stitchedtogether prior to last- Figures 6 and 7 are fragmentary sectional viewstaken along lines 6-6 and 1-1,respectiveiv. 01 Figure 5;

Figure 8 is a side elevational view of the upper mounted upon a last;

Figure 9 is a perspective view of a welt strip forming a part of thepresent invention;

Figure 10 is a transverse sectional view of the welt strip taken alongline I 0| 0 of Figure 9;

Figure 11 is a side elevational view of the upper mounted upon a lastwith the welt stri applied thereto;

Figure 12 is a sectional view taken along line |2-|2 of Figure 11;

Figure 13 is a side ished shoe; and

Figure 14 is a sectional view taken along line l4l4 of Figure 13.

Referring now in more detail and by reference characters to the drawingswhich illustrate a prethe sole or sock lining heel insert liningelevational view of the findesignates ta shoe ,up'per which may theidle-1011i;

Jfrom suitable .upper gsto'ck fin .'.the conventional manner.".Themupperil may beilinedioriufilinedas desired.2idesignatesiarsocklining whichgisgalsjo ldie-cutifromsuitablelleatherlstockin the usual manner. Also dieecut fromlsuitableleathenstock 8.118 32- heelinsertil and a heel. insertiliner T4. .Clifheheelbinsert .13 is marginally seamed along 1 its (diverging margins.m'tto. the. rear vertical, margins; 91 of .the .lil per LI and the Lhelfinsert .liner :4 his stitched to the inside adf the heel J insert 33-an'id upper rel to in conceal .theeseam .and provide .a thatsmooth;interiorifacejthereforuasshownZinZFisure "6. Thereupon, thesock-lining! is s'titche'd to the imarginsioftheiu per. Lethe heelinsert ,v3,and heel illiner A "toiform the QOIIlfiltBfi-upp91flA a5fShOWn in Figure "5. Hit should he. noted. in Lthis -conne'cn tion thatthe seam ,betw.een Lthe upper Land ;the @l-sockelining .2, turned out toprovi'dew a relatively wide welt margin. orifiange wfi astshowninlligure i7, rand i isnseoured; bit-1a double V liner,ofqstitchesft'iglfi, lit-he: outerlline of tstitchesibeing ,merelytapreliminary or holding stitch and the inner line of stitching 5 beingclose to the interior limit of the shoe so that the upper A willultimately hug the last securely and with proper conformity. The upper Ais then slipped onto a wood last L, as shown in Figure 8, for receivinga welting strip 1, which is cut from a solid length of welting stock andintegrally includes a main body portion 8 provided along its inner facewith an inwardly extending cove 9 and along its bottom face with arelatively wide laterally projecting flange ill, the upper face ll ofwhich is skived all, all as best seen in Figure 10. Preferably, theinside vertical face 1 of the welting strip I is inclined inwardly anddownwardly to fit the upper snugly. The ends of the welting strip 1 arebeveled in opposite directions so as to form a smooth lapped joint whenthe welting strip 1 is disposed around the welt margin w of the upper A.The welt margin w of the upper A and the interior surfaces of the cove 9of the welting strip '1 are coated with a suitable adhesive and,thereupon, the welting strip 1 is wrapped annularly around the weltingmargin w of the upper A and adhesively secured thereto by pressing thewelting margin w tightly into the cove 9. It will be noted that in thisconnection that the cove 9 is sufliciently deep so as to snugly encasethe welting margin w of the upper A, and the welting strip 7 is pulledtightly around and back over along its beveled end margins to form asnug, tight, wrap-around fit, all as best seen in Figures 11 and 12.

Adhesively secured upon the under face of the sock-lining 2 is aconventional sole filler 12 formed preferably of thin sheet cork, orother suitable material, and annularly skived around its peripheralmargins to lap over and fit smoothly down upon the exposed inner face ofthe welting strip flange 10, thus levelling the interior portion of theunder side of the upper A.

The upwaardly presented faces (reference being had to Figure 12) of thelasted upper A and sole filler l2 and welting strip flange I aresuitably coated with adhesive and a conventional sole [3 applied theretoby appropriate pressure. The sole I3 is rounded to a pattern or shapewhich will register peripherally with the outer vertical faces of thewelting strip 1, and, finally, after the adhesive has set sufficientlyto permit handling, the sole [3 is marginally secured by a continuousline of welt stitching 14, which extends through the entire body of thewelt and sole I3, passing through the cove 9 and the welting margin w ofthe upper A, so that the entire shoe is securely held together,substantially as shown in Figure 14. If desired, an additional heel flatl may be secured on the under face of the sole in any conventionalmanner, as shown in Figure 13.

It should be understood that changes and modifications in the form,construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of theshoe and method of making same may be made and substituted for thoseherein shown and described without departing from the nature andprinciple of our invention.

Having thus described our invention what we now claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent ls- 1. A shoe welt comprising a bead ofpolygonal cross-sectional shape having a fiat top face and flatoppositely presented lateral faces, said welt being of greater heighththan the width of the bead, said welt being undercut beneath the bead 4in the formation of a laterally opening cove having an upper face whichis substantially parallel to the top face of the bead, and a relativelywide other of said lateral faces so that the bead is somewhat narrowerat the bottom than at the top, said welt furthermore being of greaterheighth than the width of the bead, said welt being undercut beneath thehead in the formation of a laterally opening cove having an upper facewhich is substantially parallel to the top face of the bead, and arelatively wide skived flange extending laterally from the underside ofthe cove the top face of said flange being substantially a continuationof the underface of the cove.

JOHNJ. WALSH. JOHN J. DUDENHOFEN, 7

References Cited in the file Of this patent '7 UNITED STATES PATENTS INumber Name Date 1,278,844 Brogan Sept. 17, 1918 1,357,676 Arnold Nov.2, 1920 1,667,629 Friedman Apr. 24, 1928 1,841,058 Rosenwasser Jan. 12,1932 1,891,064 Simonwitz Dec. 13, 1932 2,032,655 Finberg et a1. Mar. 3,1936 2,062,339 Vizard Dec. 1,1936 2,214,603 Ayers Sept. 10-, 1,9402,477,532 White July 26, 1949 2,522,505 Ferris Sept. 19, 1950 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 378,346 Great Britain Aug. 11, 1932 400,608Great Britain Oct. 23, 1933 371,779 Italy June 2, 1939

